“Shakespeare Matters”, a new Australian MOOC

September 10th, 2017

Associate Professor Lucy Potter from the University of Adelaide is the leader of a team that has developed a MOOC (massive open online course) called Shakespeare Matters. The MOOC is the first on Shakespeare from an Australian university, and will be available on the EdX platform. It is scheduled to launch on 14 December 2017, and is now open for enrolments. To see the promo video and to enrol, click on the following link.Shakespeare Matters MOOC launching 14 December enrol now!

Once enrolled, you will have access to numerous resources that you will be free to use can in teaching Shakespeare, and other early modern English playwrights. The MOOC focuses on emotions in Shakespeare’s plays, and has been developed with an emphasis on student co-creation. Please share information about this MOOC with your students, friends, and networks.

Lucy will present a paper on the MOOC at the February 2018 ANZSA conference.